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THE PUBLIC FORUM
LETTERS SIGNED "H. G.," "I. P."
and "A. M. C. A." will be used if au
thors will tell us who they are.
Forum Editor.
WORKERS, UNITE! April 4th
will soon be here and we again will
have the opportunity of selecting
our representatives. It is especially
interesting to note the fight that is
being made against Aid. Rodriguez.
Interesting, I say, but not strange,
for it is the same old story: "If a
champion of the workers shows
marked ability, beat him, beat him at
any cost"
Rodriguez and Kennedy have been
in the city council one year and on
every occasion they have cham
pioned labor's cause and that of good
government Can it be possible that
the men and women of the 15th ward
are not awake to the fact that noth
ing will be left undone to beat so able
and fearless a man as Rodriguez?
The time to think and act is now.
I heard an enthusiast say the other
day: "Rod has a walk away." No
one hopes so more than myself, but
this is no time to rest on our oars.
Agitate and educate. The workers
will finally have to realize that the
old parties are not in the game to
assist them in any way, and that
beneficial laws and conditions can
only be had through real representa
tives and never on your life through
misrepresentatives.
Can any fair-minded worker say
that the time is not rotten ripe for
us to vote together as we work to
gether? Our heads are. not only to
place hats on; there is gray matter
there, and if enough of us use that
intelligently it will mean the begin
ning of a brighter and better day.
We Socialists want to make this a
t better world to live in, we are striv
ing for an opportunity to take the
children out of the mills and place
them in school, where they belong.
They are being robbed of their child
hood, which is only one of a multi
tude of wrongs. By voting the old
party tickets you indorse this sort of
thing, as they are pledged to the
profit system, which produces for
profit instead of for use. To change
this is some job, to make it worse is
not fair.
Workers unite! Give us a hand and
push. Let go our coat tails, you have
pulled them now too long, there is tj
nn time HVa t.hft nrp.spnt for takiner a 1
step forward. Carl Andrews, 3551
Reta Av.
AS TO THE DIETY. A Day Book
ist claims there is no cure for exces
sive venery but to call on his God
for deliverance. Although millions
have caled on this God for deliver
ance from the scourge of the present
European war no deliverance has
come. But God is said to intervene
in the small affairs of life, as many
are affirming. How can the writer
claim that His divine intervention is
the only cure just because he has
found no other? He is not the only
person on the planet Many thou
sands say they have been cured by
Christian Science; many by just
reading Mrs. Eddy's book, "Science
and Health." The so-called orthodox
will admit that the Christian Science
God is different from theirs.
.Many say they have been cured by
the silent demand method. Sit in
silence for ten minutes and demand
a cure and they have been cured.
Others testify to the efficacy of plen
ty of exercise in the open air, deep
breathing, cold bathing and plain,
food in moderation.
Get nutty on some subject that
will divert your attention from the
deadly female. Single tax, Social
ism, anarchism, industri unionism,
new thought, theosophy, mystic ma
sonry or spiritualism have been
found to do the business. Avoid such
subjects as free love, marriage, poly
gamy, soulmates, affinities. Cut out
the love stories and plays, vaudevile,
burlesque. Cultivate baseball, pbys-
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